Granted Patent B2

US 10,207,840 · App. 15/586,969 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Inventors: William D. Sprick (Evansville, IN); Todd D. Faubion (Rockport, IN); Mark A. Deutsch (Haubstadt, IN); Jason A. Bragg (Chandler, IN); Karla S. Koring (Mount Vernon, IN)

Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation

B65D25/48B65D1/023B65D41/04B65D41/26B65D47/06B65D47/40

Abstract

Claims (23)

1. A package comprising

a container formed to include an opening arranged to open into an internal volume formed in the container and adapted to store a product therein and

a closure cap including a top wall having a central cover and a spacer wall arranged to extend away from the cover and around an axis of the closure cap, an annular inner sleeve arranged to extend away from the top wall along the axis, the central cover and annular inner sleeve cooperate to define a product-receiving region configured to receive product dispensed from the container therein, and an outer shell arranged to extend around the inner annular sleeve and couple to the top wall by an annular outer sleeve arranged to extend away from the top wall along the axis,

wherein the annular outer sleeve is coupled to the spacer wall and spaced radially outward from the inner sleeve and the inner sleeve, spacer wall, and outer sleeve cooperate to define a residual-product catch basin configured to collect residual product remaining on the inner sleeve after a user discharges product from the container into the product-receiving region to allow the residual product to flow back into the container through the opening when the closure cap is mounted on the container.

2. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a lock tab coupled to the outer shell and configured to engage with a tab blocker coupled to the container in a fixed position relative to the container to block rotation of the closure cap relative to the container at the selection of a user.

3. The package of claim 2 , further comprising a plug wall coupled to the outer shell and an annular rim sealer coupled to the outer shell to locate radially the plug wall between the axis and the annular rim sealer.

4. The package of claim 3 , wherein the lock tab is spaced apart from the tab blocker and the plug wall and the annular rim sealer are engaged with the container to seal the opening formed in the container when the closure cap is mounted on the container at a first angular position about the axis, and the lock tab is engaged with the tab blocker and the plug wall is engaged with the container to seal the opening of the container while the annular rim sealer is spaced apart from the container when the closure cap is mounted on the container at a second angular position about the axis.

5. The package of claim 2 , further comprising a tamper-evident band coupled to the outer shell and configured to engage with the container to block rotation of the closure relative to the container at the selection of a user after the closure cap is mounted on the container.

6. The package of claim 5 , wherein the tamper evident band includes a frangible strip connected to the outer shell and retention tabs configured to engage with a retainer.

7. The package of claim 6 , wherein the lock tab is positioned between adjacent retention tabs when the tamper-evident band is coupled to the outer shell.

8. The package of claim 2 , wherein the outer shell is formed to include a pad on the outer shell configured to be engaged by a user to cause the lock tab to move radially outward of the tab blocker to disengage the lock tab from the tab blocker and allow removal of the closure cap from the container.

9. The package of claim 8 , wherein the pad is angularly spaced apart from the lock tab by about 90 degrees around the axis.

10. The package of claim 8 , wherein the pad is angularly spaced apart from the lock tab by less than about 90 degrees around the axis.

11. The package of claim 1 , further comprising a pour-spout insert coupled to the container in a fixed position relative to the container and configured to extend out of the internal volume through the opening toward the closure cap.

12. The package of claim 11 , wherein the pour-spout insert includes a product drainback cup coupled to the container and located in the internal volume of the container and a discharge tube coupled to the product drainback cup and arranged to extend upwardly toward the closure cap and extend through the opening and a drainback aperture is formed in the product drainback cup to allow residual product to flow from the residual-product catch basin of the closure cap through the drainback aperture into the internal volume of the container when the closure cap is mounted on the container.

13. The package of claim 12 , wherein the product drainback cup includes an annular wall coupled to the container and arranged to extend downwardly away from the closure cap and a bottom wall arranged to extend between and interconnect the annular wall and the discharge tube.

14. The package of claim 13 , wherein the bottom wall extends radially inward from the annular wall to the discharge tube.

15. The package of claim 14 , wherein a portion of the drainback aperture is formed in the annular wall.

16. The package of claim 15 , wherein a remaining portion of the drainback aperture is formed in the bottom wall.

17. The package of claim 14 , wherein a portion of the drainback aperture is formed in the bottom wall.

18. The package of claim 13 , wherein a first portion of the discharge tube has a first length, a second portion of the discharge tube has a second length, the first length is greater than the second length, and the second portion of the discharge tube is located between the first portion of the discharge tube and the drainback aperture.

19. The package of claim 18 , wherein the first portion of the discharge tube, the second portion of the discharge tube, and the drainback aperture are aligned.

20. The package of claim 19 , wherein the axis is located between the first portion of the discharge tube and the second portion of the drainback tube.

Assignments (34)

Continuity (2)

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